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People who like foul-smelling flowers were in [lucky / luck] this week. They had a [chance / change] to see and smell the world's smelliest plant, called the corpse flower. A corpse is a [death / dead] body. The flower gets its name because [they / it] smells like rotting flesh. The bloom attracted thousands [of / to] visitors to the Geelong Botanic Garden, just south [of / on] Melbourne, Australia. The plant began [bloomed / blooming] on Monday. More than five thousand people visited the garden to see it. Some people had to [hold / grip] their nose when they were near the flower. Others coughed and held their [breath / breathe] because of the foul smell. Australia's Nine News channel reported that visitors described the smell as [being / been] like a dead mouse or rotting garbage.

The corpse flower is [extreme / extremely] rare. The plant is native to Indonesia. An international [conversation / conservation] group listed it as an endangered species. The group says there are only a [few / two] hundred of the plants left [in / on] the wild. A lot of the forest in which the plant grows has been cut [down / off] . Corporations are using the land to [grow / glow] palm oil. The flower is one of the biggest in the world. It can [growth / grow] to a height of three metres and live over 40 years. However, it blooms just once a decade and [opening / opens] only for a day or two. The flower smells like the rotting [fresh / flesh] of a dead animal. This smell attracts beetles and flies. The insects [pollinate / pollen] the flower so it can bloom again.